largest continent on the planet - Eurasia - takes a little more than a third of the total land area, about 54 million square feet.km.And in Asia accounted for a large part, about 4/5 and a 1/5 - to Europe.The continent itself is located in the Northern Hemisphere, although related to the mainland of the island located in the southern half of the globe.
Eurasia unites Europe and Asia - the two parts of the world, the boundary between them lies in the territory of Russia in the Ural mountains, on the eastern side of them.This continent - the only one on the planet who washed all the oceans: the Arctic in the north, the south Indian, western Atlantic and the Pacific in the east.The length of Eurasia in length from east to west - about 16 thousand kilometers, and from north to south - half as much as 8000 kilometers.
ends of Eurasia south - cape Tanjung Piai, Northern - Cape Chelyuskin, West Point - Cape Roca and Eastern - Cape Dezhnev.
The development of the continent in ancient times the beginning of civilization, living in Africa, with the aim of establishing trade relations with peoples living north of them.A little later, somewhere in the III century BC, it was formed the first trade route in the continent, which is passed through the Middle East, Europe, China, India.In turn, the Norman raids helped to master new territories of the continent.The basic territorial discoveries were made in the Age of Discovery.Russian expedition of the twentieth century helped to correctly describe the situation of the continent via the coordinate system.It was at this time have been identified extreme points of Eurasia.
the north of the Eurasian continent comes to the Arctic Circle, not reaching the North Pole about 100. It was here, from Cape Chelyuskin (77 ° 34 's. M.), Located on the Taimyr Peninsula, originates mainland.Cape opened navigator Semen Chelyuskin in 1741 in the geographical expedition to the Far North, which has been outfitted to the inventory of the northern coast of the Taimyr Peninsula.
Cape Chelyuskin sufficiently elevated and rocky, covered with snow and ice.She visited him in 1878 Arctic explorer N. Nordenskiold on piles of stones built of timber floating lighthouse.Now here are the signs, symbolizing the end of the earth: a wooden pole S. Chelyuskin, cairn, built of slate slabs R. Amundsen in honor of the expedition N. Nordenskjold and quartz stone giant.Currently, the Cape built residential buildings and research pavilions.It employs polar hydrometeostation "Cape Chelyuskin", where the winter up to 10 people.Previously located on the Cape and also the northernmost airfield, which is now left only helipad.
Calling the extreme points of Eurasia, it must be said that the mainland a little more than 10 °, comes to the southern hemisphere, so the cape of Tanjung Piai - southern continental margin (1 ° 56 'S. M). The Cape is located in Malaysia, in the nationalPark country Tanjung Piai. At this point, set the globe - memorial sign the southern tip of the continent.
large part of Eurasia is located in the eastern part of the globe, so the eastern extreme points lie at Cape Dezhnev (169 ° 64 '. d.). Named after its discoverer, Cape Dezhnev opened in 1648. Dezhnev wrote that it is a bare mountain, steeply down and covered with a "blanket" of fog, over which swept driven airflow clouds.
Who rockyshore stands a wooden memorial cross, which is established in honor of Russian sailors in the 350 year anniversary of the sailing expedition Dezhnev. Another monument shows a symbolic link to Asia and America.Near the lighthouse on a high pedestal is the third monument - a bronze bust Dezhnev, a man with an open and courageous person.
enumerating the extreme points of Eurasia, is said to be the most western part of the continent - Cape Roca, located in Portugal (38 ° 47 's. H.).The Cape is a rock towering above the Atlantic Ocean at 140 meters.Coordinates of the extreme eastern point of the mainland are carved on the stone stele.Here the lighthouse, which attracts so many travelers.
